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A Fragment of a Monumental Bronze Statue, Lincoln

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2019

Penny Coombe ,
John Pearce  and
Kathryn Libby
Penny Coombe
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxfordpenny.coombe@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
John Pearce
Affiliation:
Department of Classics, King's CollegeLondonjohn.pearce@kcl.ac.uk
Kathryn Libby
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffieldkzlibby1@sheffield.ac.uk
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Abstract

A fragment of Roman monumental bronze sculpture was discovered near Lincoln in 2015 and reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme. This note offers identification of the piece as an over-life-size finger, describes comparable examples and similar pieces from the local area, and makes suggestions as to the original form of the sculpture from which it may have derived. The statue's metallurgical characteristics and making, the possible context of display and the circumstances of deposition are also considered.

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bronze statueRoman Lincoln

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Britannia , Volume 50 , November 2019 , pp. 349 - 359
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. Published by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 

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